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Steve Hansen

Steve Hansen manages Explore WORK, a job-readiness training program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. He appreciates the challenge and occasional chaos of seeing people attempt, sometimes fail, grow, and ultimately succeed in learning new skills. Steve began working for Goodwill in 2006 as a case manager. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from UW-Whitewater, and a Masters in Counseling Psychology from UW-Madison. He met his wife at Goodwill and is the proud father of two smart, silly daughters.

Goodwill helps to change lives

Posted by Steve Hansen on January 17, 2019

For over 12 years my role with Goodwill has been primarily to train individuals on technical job tasks and transferable job-readiness skills such as teamwork and interpersonal communication. This role is at the very core of the Goodwill mission statement:

What hooked me on working for Goodwill

Posted by Steve Hansen on July 13, 2018

I’ve been working at Goodwill for over 12 years. It’s hard to believe because originally, I took the job on a whim. While every person’s life story is unique, there are certainly themes to my own that many will find familiar: